Labanoski v. Hoyt Metal Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the City Court of Granite City'; the Hon. Harry SttjttlE, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
This action was begun by plaintiff in the court below for damages alleged to have been sustained by him while in defendant’s employment, resulting from defendant’s willful violation of the statute known as the Occupational Disease act. (Hurd’s Stat. 1917, p. 1469.)
Plaintiff began working for defendant May 2, 1918, and continued thereafter until October 2 following. When he began work he was a healthy man and weighed 187 pounds. Defendant was engaged in manufacturing and smelting lead-products. Plaintiff worked at a furnace in the dross room. Fumes and vapor arose from the molten metal. Unless…
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